The versatile "big wing" is frequently lauded as the ideal basketball player archetype. Six-foot-seven to six-foot-nine and capable of varied scoring, varied defensive abilities, and varied positional outlooks. This player provides their coaching staff with a multitude of options and ample creative license in the development of offensive plays and defensive schemes — the stuff basketball-brainiac dreams are made out of.
As championship seasons have gone by over the years, analysts have noted the present theme regarding successful teams being led by such players, and there has been a concerted effort throughout the NBA in the last half-decade or so to accumulate these guys, not only to bolster rosters, but to also defend the oppositional titans that fit the bill.